The Sanjay Gandhi National Park now has a new member. A 2-2.5-year-old tigress, who has been brought here from Chandrapur Transit Treatment Centre (TTC). The tigress will join the other big cats at the SGNP’s captive tiger safari section soon. While the official name of the tigress is T24-C2, the animal-keeper staff at Chandrapur TTC call her Srivalli.

Superintendent of Tiger and Lion Safari and Range Forest Officer (RFO) Vijay Barabde said, “We started our 950-km journey from Chandrapur Transit Treatment Center (TTC) on Sunday and reached SGNP on Tuesday. We travelled between sunset to sunrise so that the animals do not get stressed due to the summer heat. The tigress, T24-C2, is around 2-2.5 years old and has been currently kept in isolation at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). During the 72-hour journey, Dr Shardul Salvi, along with the SGNP team monitored the animal.”